Several years ago, Dr. B R Ambedkar said: "The anti-Semitism of the Nazis against the Jews is in no way different in ideology and in effect from the Sanatanism (orthodoxy?) of Hindus against the untouchables." This is the age of Dalit resurgence, but atrocities on dalits continue unabated. This blog will carry (primarily English) media reports on dalit self-assertion and violations of their rights.

Monday, October 18, 2004

The boycott of the mid-day meal prepared by a Dalit woman by over 100 schoolchildren of a particular community has lead to caste tension in a village near Modinagar, official sources said today.

The children of Government Primary School at Magla Moosa village refused to eat the food provided under the mid-day meal plan of the Uttar Pradesh Government during the last week as it was cooked by a Dalit woman. The SDM of Modinagar, Mr S.S.V. Ranga Rao, said.

The matter came to light after an inspection team of State Education Department visited the school for supplying the meal.azThe District Magistrate, Mr Santosh Kumar Yadav, has directed the police to maintain law and order in the village and the SDM to probe into the matter.